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Gentianales
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Gentiana cruciata
Scientific classification
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Gentianales

Families

Gentianaceae (gentian family)
Apocynaceae (dogbane family)
Gelsemiaceae
Loganiaceae (logania family)
Rubiaceae (coffee family)

Gentianales are an order of flowering plants. Under the APG definition some well-known members of Gentianales are coffee, gardenias, and frangipani.

  • Struwe, L., V. A. Albert, and B. Bremer. 1994. Cladistics and family level classification of the Gentianales. Cladistics 10: 175–205.
  • Backlund, Maria, Bengt Oxelman, and Birgitta Bremer. 2000. Phylogenetic relationships within the Gentianales based on NDHF and RBCL sequences, with particular reference to the Loganiaceae American Journal of Botany 87:1029-1043.

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Gentianales para niños

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